Mark Zeh published and public information
Articles authored by Mark Zeh:
"New materials, new outlook," A review of the special exhibition on Textile Architecture during the biannually-held 2011 BAU Messe in
Munich, Germany. Published in the May 2011 Online Issue of Fabric Architecture Magazine.
"Report: Textile Roofs continues to stimulate," A review of the 2010 Textile Roofs Workshop in Berlin, Germany. Published in the November
2010 Online Editon of Fabric Architecture Magazine
"Dressing the apartment from the outside in," OX2 Architekten's recent proposed sustainable housing concept for the Pelikangelände in
Hannover, Germany. Published in November 2010 Online Edition of Fabric Architecture Magazine
"Herzog & de Meuron’s Allianz Arena 10+ yrs--The Allianz Arena in retrospect" a post-occupancy review of the Allianz Arena in Munich.
Published in the September 2010 Online Edition of Fabric Architecture Magazine
"German Architecture firm wins competition for helicopter landing platform design" an article about a cool rescue helicopter landing pad
design by OX2 Architekten for the Aachen Uniklinik. Published in the May 2010 online version of Fabric Architecture, in the "Design" section
"Adopting Disruptive Innovation" An article for the Fraunhofer Institute's F&E Management blog (Forschung & Entwicklung = Research &
Development)
"GINA Studio course teaches architecture students valuable design lessons" an article about using BMW's GINA technology as inspiration
for new architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. It was published on 7 December, 2009 in the online version of Fabric
Architecture, in the "Expertise" section
"Aging of Membrane Materials" an article about how some of the materials used in membrane structures patinate. This was published on 17
November, 2009 in the online version of Fabric Architecture, in the Continuing Education/Articles section
"The Structure of Imagination," a profile of form-TL appears on P. 36 of the May/June 2009 issue of Fabric Architecture. Form-TL is another
firm that is blurring the distinction between "architecture" and "engineering." The online version of this article appears here
"Networks of Influence", a profile of Dr. Rosemarie Wagner. appears in the July/August 2008 Issue, on p 36 of Fabric Architecture Volume
20, Number 4. The online version appears here
"Tent and Temple" July/August 2007 Issue of Fabric Architecture Volume 19, Number 4, An article about the Ehol Jakob synagogue
in Munich
articles re-printed with permission of Fabric Architecture Magazine. They are copyrighted material and are the property of Fabric Architecture Magazine. Any re-use must be
approved by them.
Presentations/Teaching:
Workshop: "Business Innovation: Using emotion in creating new products and services" at The Women's Forum For The Economy & Society
Global Forum 7, 2011
Moderation of a discussion asking the question "What if we iook a people-centric approach to business?" at The Women's Forum For The
Economy & Society Global Forum 7, 2011
12 October 2010: Presentation at Fraunhofer Institut IAO in Stuttgart on the role of space and furniture design in the management of people.
This was part of their Advanced Workshop: R&D Work Spaces 2015+. Abstract appears on pp. 9-10 in Fraunhofer IAO Publication urn:nbn:011-
n-1856363
"Tech Push: Investing in Technology-led Innovation" 11 May, 2009 at the Katholische Universtität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, WWFi, School of
Management
Vortrag "Käuferverhalten und Marktforschung" 27 November, 2008 presentation at the Katholische Universtität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, WWFi,
School of Management
Innovation Presentation at Eichstätt-Ingolstadt School of Business. June, 2006. Part of my ongoing series of presentations about how to find
areas of innovation in commodity markets. The overview is in German.
Globalisation Presentation to The Entrepreneurial Group. A presentation on how to find top line margin in global markets. given at LMU in
Munich. Supported by a case study showing how globalisation really functions as an optimal combination of best practices, selected with
consideration of logistics, investment in technologies and cultural knowledge/relevance. This is a valuable presentation for groups
interested in how to think about supply chains or create/optimize complete product development/marketing plans.
Stanford Product Design ME 204 Framebuilding Course in 2002 and 2003, with Ryan Connolly and Jed McCann. A Graduate course in the
Stanford Product Design curriculum.
Lead Presenter at the Minnesota chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Lake Superior Design Retreat in the winter of 2003.
Miscellanei:
Interview in this article on knowledge sharing by ThoughtFarmer.
Titanium Comes of Age from Business Week Online by Adam Aston Very short comments from a long interview. I used to build bicycle frames
from titanium, so acquired lots of experience cutting, welding and machining it!
A short contribution about bicycle frame materials in Joe Parkin's excellent blog "6 years in a rain cape." Joe was a professional bicycle racer
during the 1990's and is a really great storyteller and writer.
Garage: Reinventing the Place We Park by Kira Obolensky
A snapshot of the american garage culture circa 1998.
Tete-a-tete rocking chair designed by my friend Thomas Oliphant. In 1999, he, I and his then-assistant Noah Wilson and the genius painter,
Mark Leonardson of Minnetonka MN, created the tete-a-tete rocking chair that Tom's pictured sitting in. It's made from titanium, carbon fiber
and teak. In some design books, it's described as being from Stainless steel, since I think Tom wanted to make production of multiples
easier. See in-process pictures of the prototype elsewhere on this site. As a student project at the University of Minnesota, Stacie Depner,
Jake Levine and I designed and built a full-scale folding prototype of this chair.